Scourge (Instrument of punishment)
Nouns
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scourge, rod, cane, stick
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ratan, rattan
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birch, birch rod
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azote, blacksnake, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok
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rod in pickle
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switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon. whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout
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cat, cat o'nine tails
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rope's end. pillory, stocks, whipping post
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cucking stool, ducking stool
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brank
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trebuchet, trebuket. [instruments of torture: list], triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel
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chinese water torture. treadmill, crank, galleys. scaffold
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block, ax, guillotine
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stake
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cross
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gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring
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death chair, electric chair
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gas chamber
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lethal injection
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firing squad
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mecate. house of correction etc. (prison) [Means of restraint.] Prison. goaler, jailer
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executioner
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electrocutioner
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lyncher
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hangman
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headsman
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Jack Ketch.